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PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 97, Issue 3, Pages 120-133Publisher
JAPAN ACAD
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.97.007
Keywords
linear ubiquitination; LUBAC; NF-kappa B; cell death; cancer; inflammatory diseases
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan [24112002, JP17H06174, JP18H05499]
- Takeda Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24112002] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Linear ubiquitination, which is specific to animals, involves the formation of a unique type of ubiquitin chain linked through the N-terminal Met of ubiquitin. It plays a critical role in immune signaling and cell death regulation. Dysregulation of linear ubiquitination mediated by LUBAC underlies various human diseases.
Ubiquitination is a reversible post-translational modification in which ubiquitin chains are conjugated to target proteins to modulate protein function. The type of ubiquitin chain determines the mode of protein regulation. It has been shown that ubiquitin chains are formed via one of seven Lys residues in ubiquitin, and several types of ubiquitin chains are found in cells. We identified a new type of linear ubiquitin chain linked through the N-terminal Met of ubiquitin and assembled by the linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC), which is specific for linear chains. The discovery of linear ubiquitin chains and LUBAC is considered as a paradigm shift in ubiquitin research because linear ubiquitination is exclusive to animals, despite the existence of ubiquitination throughout eukaryotic kingdoms. Linear ubiquitination plays a critical role in immune signaling and cell death regulation. Dysregulation of LUBAC-mediated linear ubiquitination underlies various human diseases, including autoinflammation, autoimmunity, infection, and malignant tumors. This review summarizes the current status of linear ubiquitination research.
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